Britain: The Abolition Of The Slave Trade

Question 1

Define the Enlightment

Answer 1

A period of time when Europe underwent a cultural and philosophical awakening

Question 2

When was the Enlightment?

Answer 2

1650-1800

Question 3

Define absolutism

Answer 3

A system of govt where a single monarch rules without limitations on their power

Question 4

What happened at the Quaker’s London Yearly Meeting of 1783?

Answer 4

They presented a petition against the slave trade signed by 273 people and then set up a 23-person campaign committee

Question 5

What happened in the Zong case?

Answer 5

133 slaves thrown up her board when food supplies were running low - make an insurance claim after

Question 6

When was the zong case?

Answer 6

1781

Question 7

Who was the Captain in the Zong case?

Answer 7

Captain Luke Collingwood

Question 8

In the 1780s how much of Britain’s annual income was from the slave trade?

Answer 8

24%

Question 9

Who were the West India Lobby?

Answer 9

A group of sugar planters in the West Indies whose business depended upon the slave trade

Question 10

How many estimated MPs were tied to the West India Lobby and what role did one become?

Answer 10

50 MPs with one becoming the Mayor of London

Question 11

In what years did Wilberforce present a bill to parliament?

Answer 11

1791-1799

Question 12

When was the violent Haitian revolution?

Answer 12

1791

Question 13

What was Haiti?

Answer 13

French colony that grew sugar and coffee, generating profit for the mother country

Question 14

How many white people were killed in Haiti revolution?

Answer 14

4000

Question 15

How many plantations were burnt to the ground in the Haiti revolution?

Answer 15

180

Question 16

Why did the revolutions break out in Haiti?

Answer 16

French Revolution stories were told in Haiti and the white planters refused to grant these rights

Question 17

Define mercantilism

Answer 17

Another term for commercialism or a belief in profitable trade

Question 18

What was the profits by the end of the 1700s?

Answer 18

3 million a year

Question 19

In Bristol in the 1780s, what percent of people’s incomes were from the slave trade?

Answer 19

40%

Question 20

Between 1784-86 and 1805-07, what percent of Britain’s textiles output went abroad?

Answer 20

87%

Question 21

Which bank was prominent in finding the slave trade in Liverpool?

Answer 21

Heywood’s

Question 22

The slave ship ‘Ann’ undertook a voyage in 1753. How much did it take to fit it out?

Answer 22

£3,153

Question 23

How much did the slave ship ‘Ann’ earn?

Answer 23

£8000

Question 24

What was the average amount of slave ships that witnessed a revolt by slave?

Answer 24

1 in 10

Question 25

By 1776, Glasgow merchants were owed how much money by their American partners?

Answer 25

£1.3 million - shows how it wasn’t always profitable

Question 26

In what city and when was it estimated that cities merchants lost £700,000?

Answer 26

1772-1778 in Liverpool

Question 27

In Liverpool, out of the 30 leading merchant houses, how many had gone bankrupt by what year?

Answer 27

12 bankrupt by 1788 due to debt owed to them

Question 28

When was the Dolben Act?

Answer 28

1788

Question 29

What did the Dolben Act stipulate?

Answer 29

• that a doctor should be onboard ships
• restricted the number of slaves to be carried per ton

Question 30

What is the name of the ship in the map of the slaves crammed in?

Answer 30

Brookes

Question 31

Between what years did Clarkson travel 35,000 miles?

Answer 31

1787-1794

Question 32

How many branches of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade did Clarkson found?

Answer 32

1200 branches

Question 33

In 1790, how many ships did Clarkson visit and how many sailors did he speak to?

Answer 33

317 ships and 3000 sailors

Question 34

Wilberforce secured a select committee to focus on the slave trade after his first speech in Parliament in what year?

Answer 34

1789

Question 35

What was Wilberforce’s first bill in 1791 defeated by in Parliament?

Answer 35

163 votes to 88

Question 36

How did Clarkson and Wilberforce work together?

Answer 36

Clarkson was the researcher and Wilberforce was the parliamentary face

Question 37

In what year did Olaudah Equiano publish his autobiography?

Answer 37

1789

Question 38

What was Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography called?

Answer 38

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Question 39

Who joined the Sons of Africa group?

Answer 39

Olaudah Equiano

Question 40

When did Equiano join the Sons of Africa?

Answer 40

1787

Question 41

What did the Sons of Africa do?

Answer 41

Work alongside the British abolitionist and publicised the cause through extends touring and parliamentary lobbying

Question 42

In what year did the Sons of Africa organise a march on parliament in support of the soon-to-be-passed Dolben Act?

Answer 42

1788

Question 43

When did Equiano die?

Answer 43

1797

Question 44

Who did Equiano leave how much money upon his death?

Answer 44

His English wife an estate worth £950 - £80,000 nowadays

Question 45

When was the American War of Independence?

Answer 45

1776-78

Question 46

What were the social impacts of the American War of Independence?

Answer 46

people began to think more carefully about the importance of freedom and human experiences

Question 47

When was the Dolben Act made permanent under what new name?

Answer 47

1799 Slave Regulation Act

Question 48

What was the act that was renewed every year with improvements to slave life?

Answer 48

the Dolben Act was renewed every year until 1799

Question 49

What year did Wilberforce get William Pitt on side?

Answer 49

1806

Question 50

When did France overthrow their monarchy?

Answer 50

1789

Question 51

When did France abolish slavery with their new govt?

Answer 51

1794

Question 52

page 132 Changing Political climates and growing fear of slave resistance